Microsoft Build 2023 5g6cc Windows 11 to Add Native RAR Using Open-Source Library

Windows 11 s won't have to third-party software to open TAR, 7-ZIP, RAR, GZ, and other archive formats. 4a5u3h

Written by Siddharth Suvarna | Updated: 24 May 2023 13:16 IST

Microsoft Build 2023: Windows 11 to Add Native RAR Using Open-Source Library

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Microsoft Windows currently offers for ZIP archives out-of-the-box

Highlights

Windows 11 is finally adding for multiple file archive formats
s currently rely on third-party apps like WinRAR and 7-Zip
Windows 11 native RAR is claimed to offer better performance

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Windows 11 is set to gain for additional file compression and archiving formats. At the ongoing Microsoft Build developer conference, the company announced a few new features coming to Windows 11 including native RAR . The addition of for multiple file compression formats will allow s to open, extract, and edit archives in various formats without having to install additional third-party tools. The company is yet to reveal when for the new formats is coming to Windows 11.

On Tuesday, Microsoft announced that it will update Windows 11 with for TAR (Tape Archive), 7-zip, RAR (Roshal Archive), GZ (Gzip), and other archive formats. The company's widely used desktop operating system currently s ZIP files, and s have to proprietary software like WinRAR or free and open-source software like 7-Zip to open these archives.

Microsoft says that it has added for additional archive formats using the open-source libarchive compression library that is also used on Linux-based operating systems. The company also claims s can experience "improved performance of archive functionality" while compressing files on Windows 11.

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The addition of native for RAR and other archive formats means that s will no longer need to third-party apps to access these files. The functionality will also be updated by Microsoft as part of regular Windows updates, and s won't have to worry about unpatched vulnerabilities from external software — such as the bug in a third-party tool in WinRAR that went unpatched for 19 years.

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